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Mpst of the precipitation along the coastal areas will be in the form of rain. The frontal system over the Northwestern United States will produce light snows with some moderate amounts in the mountains. Locally we will enjoy a warming trend through the weekend with no rain, but Monday we will see increased cloudiness and cooler temperatures again. Forecast: Today. Fair to partly cloudy and mild with the high in the low 50s and winds easterly at 5 to 10 mph. Tonight. Fair and cool with a low of 33 degrees and southeast winds of 3 to 5 mph. Saturday. Fair and warmer with a high of 57 degrees and southerly winds at 10 mph. Weather Fact Sublimation — the transition of a substance from the solid phase directly to the vapor phase, or vice versa, without passing through an intermediate liquid phase. In physical and chemical literature, it is customary to regard as sublimation only the transition from solid to vapor, but meteoroligists do not make this distinction. Prepared by: Charlie Brenton Staff Meteorologist A&M Department of Meteorology Valentine’s Day provides chance to celebrate love By Jill Raupe Reporter Around Feb. 14 minds turn to thoughts of love, thoughts of deli cious chocolates packaged in beauti ful, red, heart-shaped containers or thoughts of a dozen, fragrant, long stemmed roses accompanied with an ornate card and a romantic verse. The holiday of romance that leads to such thoughts — Valentine’s Day — has been celebrated for centuries. Romans living before the Chris tian era celebrated Lupercalia, which was a lover’s festival held on Feb. 15. Luperus was the god who protected the Romans from wolves that ravaged Europe by killing cattle and sheep. During the celebration, a goat and a dog were sacrificed to Lu perus. Young men would hit people with animal hides, and the women enjoyed watching the whippings be cause they thought it made them more fertile. Another custom involved writing a woman’s name down and placing the name in a box. The men would draw a name and the paired couple would remain together until the next year’s Lupercalia. When the Romans conquered En gland in A.D. 43, the English inher ited many Roman holidays. Romans believed birds started mating on Feb. 14, and this belief has contin ued through modern times. The Catholic Church gave a Christian meaning to the pagan cele bration. In A.D. 496, Pope Gelasius changed Lupercalia on Feb. 15 to St. Valentine’s Day on Feb. 14. St. Valentine, a Roman priest, was beaten and beheaded by Emperor Claudius II on Feb. 14, A.D. 269, for refusing to give up his Christianity. One legend says Valentine was friends with many children. When the Romans imprisoned him for re fusing to worship their gods, the children tossed loving messages into his cell window. St. Valentine is now the patron saint of engaged couples and has been endowed with the power to patch up lovers’ quarrels. Another legend states that Valen tine fell in love with his jailer’s blind daughter. After restoring her sight and before his death, he left her a farewell note that he signed “from your Valentine.” The custom of sending verses can be traced to a Frenchman named Charles, Duke of Orleans. He was captured by the English during the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. On Val entine’s Day, he sent a rhymed love letter to his wife from his cell in the Tower of London. Many Valentine’s Day customs in volved ways in which single women could learn the identity of their fu ture husbands. n# FiBSP* English women of the 1700s wrote men’s names on scraps of paper, rolled each in a little piece of clay and dropped them into water. The first paper that rose to the surface was believed to be the paper that contained the name of the woman’s true love. Another custom women practiced was to pin bay leaves to their pillows on Valentine’s eve. If luck was on the woman’s side, the bay leaves would act as a charm that would lead to the revelation of her future husband in her dreams. Today in Great Britain and Italy, unmarried women get up befoie sunrise on Valentine’s Day and stand by their windows waiting for a man to pass. According to the custom, the first man a woman sees will marry her within a year. Men practiced customs similar to those followed by women on Valen tine’s Day. A man would write wom en’s names on paper, place the pa pers in a jar and choose one. The chosen female became his valentine and he paid special attention to her. For several days, each man wore his valentine’s name on his sleeve or over his heart. Gloves were a popular gift to give valentines during the 1500s, but they were replaced later by messages and gifts. In the 1700s and 1800s, stores sold ‘valentine writers,’ which were handbooks with poetry to copy and suggestions about writing valen tines. Early valentines were hand-deco- rated with paper, fabric and lace. Mass production of valentines be gan in the 1840s. People stopped writing messages and began sending ready-made cards of verse. More valentines were mailed to sweet hearts as the postage became cheaper. Cupid and the heart became com mon symbols for Valentine’s Day long after the original celebrations began. According to mythology, if Cupid, the god of love, shoots a heart with a bronze arrow, the ro mance will be painful. If he shoots a heart with a golden arrow, the ro mance will be blissful. A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT MARCH 5. 1988 Applications available in Pavilion Room 221 And due February 19 by 5:00 pm For more information: Call 845-3051 S' GOVEffc TEX UDENT NMENT UNIVERSITY Valentine’s Day Dinner Romantic Candle Light ^ Gourmet Chinese Food ^ Exotic & Mixed Drinks A One FREE photo snapshot for each couple ordering from dinner menu. 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